Satellite image of political prison camp Kwanliso 16, showing a checkpoint on the main road. Movement appears to be restricted within the camps. Amnesty International commissioned analysis of satellite images of political prison camp Kwanliso 16 at Hwaseong in North Hamgyong province in October 2013. The images show that instead of heeding the growing calls for closing its political prison camps, repression by the North Korean authorities has continued and the prisoner population in kwanliso 16 appears to have slightly increased. The North Korean authorities’ on-going investment in the country’s political prison camps is part of the continuing systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights throughout the country.

North Korea prison camps very much in working order

Satellite imagery of North Korea’s network of political prison camps show its government is continuing to maintain, and even invest, in these repressive facilities. These camps constitute the cornerstone of … Continue reading North Korea prison camps very much in working order

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